You know, I think Thanksgiving 2020 is going to need to be particularly special. With everything that’s happened this year, taking time to be grateful may be more important than ever.
Last chance to hunt small game until after deer season. The game commission stocked pheasants on our game lands last week with pheasants, but there are still hens and cocks to be found, plus there are rabbits and squirrels to fill our game bags.
The deadline to enroll in Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) for the 2021 program year is fast-approaching. Dairy producers have until Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, to enroll in DMC through your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county office here in Pennsylvania. At about $0.15 per hundredweight, DMC is …
I saw a video the other day on Facebook that brought me so much joy, I had to share.
George and I met Andy at camp. Andy was running the vacuum cleaner on a generator. There is no electrical power at camp, and that’s the way we like it.
I thank everyone for the support and votes that you gave me in our drive and determination to more fully represent the people of Pennsylvania House District 199.
There are moments throughout my days when I have to stop and marvel at how very much has changed in our world. Especially in terms of technology.
I call it chasing fantasies, but some call it Pennsylvania pheasant hunting.
As a young child, I had a dream that occurred every time I was sick. In it, I was trying to escape being crushed by a giant stage curtain. Later, as a teen, my one recurring dream was being shot at in my childhood home. Odd thing about that one is that I was on the second floor, so my assail…
My dad told me years ago that life is pretty much about two things: luck and chemistry.
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Errol, New Hampshire isn’t in Canada, but I think you can see it from there. We left our little farm about 8 in the morning, and 12 ½ hours later, we arrived at the Errol Motel, and took about an hour to unload the guns and gear for a week’s stay.
As the General Assembly prepares for the upcoming 2021-22 session, one of the many areas we are addressing is how to aid Pennsylvania’s struggling businesses and reinforce our economy so it is stronger than it was before the business closures and stay-at-home orders were imposed.
There are moments when I tell people that I hope I am reincarnated as a pet in their home. They chuckle, but little do they understand my seriousness.
Janelle Kayla Crossley is running for the House of Representatives in District 199, in Cumberland County. I have been impressed with her ability to listen to, and understand, others. She volunteers and works in the community of Carlisle and surrounding areas, where she hears people’s concerns.
It’s been an on-again, off-again week as we watched the weather in Errol, New Hampshire.
Last year, we had a pup come into the shelter named Gussie.
Sometimes, some of us get together to shoot clay targets at the farm. Last Friday, six of us showed up to shoot, and as Todd uncased his Lefever 20-gauge, he apologized for making a reservation at a motel in Errol, New Hampshire, without first discussing it with me.
Cumberland County voters face big decisions. The presidential election dominates the news, yet we know actions at state and local levels are where things get done. In the 199th Legislative District, we have Janelle Crossley, whom voters can send as our representative to Harrisburg with her c…
It’s that time of year again! The days grow shorter, the air gets cooler. Apple harvesting, pumpkin picking, corn mazes, playing in the leaves. However, one seasonal staple to not forget, especially this year, is getting a flu vaccine.
We all want the opportunity to elect representatives who are caring individuals, people who put their compassion into practice every day. Janelle Kayla Crossley, Democratic candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in District 199, gives voters the chance to do just that. The p…
I must confess yet another guilty pleasure of mine. Naturally, as is no surprise, it comes from television.
A note to the Never-Trumpers, former Republicans and “moderate” Democrats. The Bushes, McCains, Kristols who think things will go back to “normal” if they can just replace Trump. Things will not go back to the good old days. Biden is not a moderate. He says now he is not a Socialist, but he …
Some things are different, but some stay the same.
Oh my word, how often do you wish we could teach animals not only words, but also logic and reason?
Walk with me. I’ll meet you on Park Hill Road, and we can walk the gated roads in the Game Lands. There probably won’t be any pheasants to flush until Friday when the stocking for the youth hunt begins the stocking for hunting seasons.
One of these days, when all this COVID stuff is over, we’ll look back and assess how we reacted, how we adapted or didn’t, what we accomplished or didn’t, how it changed us, if it changed us at all.
Newspapers in Pennsylvania have a long history of providing timely, accurate and informative news to the citizens of the commonwealth. We deliver the stories that matter most to residents of local communities; stories that often cannot be found elsewhere. Despite the challenges and uncertain…
I am getting pretty excited about our Virtual Dog Walk and Contests. Let me tell you what’s in store.
Here in Pennsylvania, our dedicated and highly skilled workers are driving our economy -- and they are powering America. From clean natural gas to coal, Pennsylvania is a bastion of natural resources. For centuries, our region has been steeped in the proud tradition of energy production and …
Pennsylvanians are fed up with government overreach and oppression.
We built a few fires in the fireplace a week or so ago. We put some morning wood next to the wood pile that is mostly wild cherry. What I call morning wood is just limbs and branches that I’ve cut with the chainsaw. On a farm, there’s always enough limbs and dead wood to make a small pile fo…
I don’t want to get too metaphysical with this one, but I have to ask: when you get messages on two separate occasions from two separate sources, do you tend to take notice?
Ollie moved from Georgia to Pennsylvania sometime around Christmas last year. He was about 10 weeks old, and sometimes Todd brought him along to the farm when he came to shoot clay targets.
On Saturday, July 18, the 34th Bob Baish Golf Tournament was held at the Cumberland Golf Course despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The 144 golfers played in temperatures over 90 degrees to remember Bob Baish and to support the Central
I am incredibly proud to say that at CVAS, we give our animals every chance to find a home.
Maybe it’s because this coronavirus thing has everyone a tad edgy, but there have been a lot of things going on that make me want to scream and/or pound my fists into the wall.
We camped at Seven Points with a few friends.
Two of Gov. Tom Wolf’s latest restrictions on restaurant and venue industries put hundreds of thousands of people out of work and caused countless businesses to close.
I wonder why I wasn’t enough.
When the plague of 2020 hit home, no one was prepared for how long we’d have to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous pandemic misfortune.
This Saturday marks a major change for squirrel hunters in the commonwealth. Instead of waiting until mid-October, squirrel hunters can now hunt squirrels beginning Sept. 12. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission squirrels are an under-harvested species.
In the last two months, I've had a couple of long phone discussions with Janelle Crossley, and I find her to be the ‘real deal’ kind of person I want representing me in our state government. She shares mostly all of my views on many issues, especially on redistricting and House rule changes,…
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